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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 – The Golden Carp (August 1974).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?
(a) Her dress was too long and she did not want the hem to show.
(b) Her dress had beadwork on the waist and the photographer asked her to stand taller so he could capture it.
(c) She is so short that Hideki looked like a giant next to her unless she stood on her tiptoes.
(d) She thought she would look thinner if she stood on her tiptoes.

2. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) Miss Uozumi's house.
(c) School.
(d) A village celebration.

3. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I always knew she suffered from depression."
(b) "I never knew she suffered from depression."
(c) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(d) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."

4. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?
(a) The telephone rings.
(b) Cherry blossom petals fall on her.
(c) She hears crashing thunder.
(d) She smells gas.

5. Select the character below who says, "But you'll always beat me."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) Shizuko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Select the character below who says, "If you can't do it without being told, then just try not to get in my way."

2. Where does the wake take place?

3. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?

4. In Chapter 4, which room in the house has not changed since Yuki's stepmother moved in?

5. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."

(see the answer key)

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